HECA and LEBG London at GLA Home Quality Mark

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The Case for consumer driven high quality homes

Gwyn Roberts

New Homes and Communities Lead, BRE

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1. The Government Challenge2. The Consumer Challenge3. How HQM addresses the Challenges

25 February 2015Introducing the Home Quality Mark 2

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Deliver 400,000 affordable housing starts by 2020-21,

focussed on low cost home ownership.

George Osborne Spending Review 25th November 2015

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Both more and better

As well as building more homes, we must build better homes.Indeed, better streets and neighbourhoods too.

But let’s not waste the chance to also make progress together on quality.

Ultimately that means convincing people that development is a force for making places better not worse.

Greg Clarke Speech at NHBC London26th November 2015

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One of the advantages of the Commonwealth is we have got all of those small island states that are so vulnerable to climate change, and if we can bring them on board for a deal that will help them we can then bring the whole world together in Paris

David CameronSpeech at the Commonwealth, Malta27th November 2015

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• Housing (not other buildings)

• Government wound down CSH apart from legacy developments

• Dual level Building Regulations introduced

• Unclear on future of local authorities powers in Planning & Energy Act.

• www.bre.co.uk/housing-standards-review

2. The Consumer Challenge

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3 pieces of consumer research

Introducing the Home Quality Mark

― MoneySupermarket

― Independent focus groups

― Surveys of people living in high performing homes.

Choice of home sees ‘heart’ dominate ‘head’.

HOWEVER, value objective information.

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What did people say?

Amenities, location and

space

Community

Sound Investment

Good quality

Exceed Expectations

Reassurance over running

costs

NoiseLight and Airy

96% made changes to

be more sustainable.

Need for clear

controls

Temperature

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― Information “When I’m looking it will give me some pointers”

― Value

― Over 90% people would prefer a home with independent mark.

― 1 in 5 people would pay more.

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Consumer Trust

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Who is BRE?

UK’s leading building science centre

90 years of testing, researching and innovation of buildings.

Works across the globe

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Why do we need the Home Quality Mark?

The Home Quality Mark is a new rigorous and relevant standard for new homes.

Provide consumers with the tools to make the smart choice when buying or renting a new home.

Enable housebuilders to differentiate their products and to articulate the benefits of new homes.

#betterhomes

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Home - A home is more than 4 walls and a roof, it is about hearts and minds.

Quality - Everybody wants quality, but doesn’t always know what it is.

Mark - Provides reassurance, independence, backed by science.

“Independent benchmarking of new homes is hugely important”.

Cala Homes Chief Executive Alan Brown

#betterhomes

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Example

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What makes a quality, sustainable home?

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PollutionAir Q

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Sound

Security

Energy Cost

Access for AllGrowing space

Water

EcologyFlood Resilience Local Amenities

Spac

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Materials

Aftercare

DigitalIntuitive

Defects

Evaluation

Temperature

Communities

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Section Issues Stars Indicators

Inputs Outputs

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Our Surroundings- Transport

- Local Amenities

- Resilience to Flooding

- Recreational Space

- Ecology

- Security

- etc.

Knowledge Sharing- Aftercare

- Commissioning

- Smart Homes

- Post Occupancy Evaluation

- etc.

My Home- Air Quality

- Temperature

- Noise

- Materials

- Energy

- Space and Access

- etc.

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UserHuus

Future of Standards

Public Profile

Launch

Consultation

HQM beta

Spring 20152014 Autumn 2015 2016 +

Finance£

CaseStudies

Full Training

Search property

Summer 2015

Site MarketingWeinerberger

Thank you

Presentations;

www.slideshare.net/HomeQualityMark

@homeqm

Visit www.homequalitymark.com

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